Usually means: Improvised explosive device, homemade bomb.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. IED: Merriam-Webster
  2. IED: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. IED: Collins English Dictionary
  4. I.E.D, IED: Vocabulary.com
  5. ied: Wordnik
  6. IED: Wiktionary
  7. i.e.d, ied: Dictionary.com
  8. IED, Ied: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. -ied: MyWord.info
  10. i.e.d, ied: FreeDictionary.org
  11. i.e.d, ied: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. I.E.D, IED: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. ied: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  14. IED: Merriam-Webster

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. IED: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. I.E.D, I.E.D, IED: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (electronics) Initialism of Intelligent Electronic Device (a sensor, actuator, or PLC used as part of a SCADA system)
noun:  (languages) Initialism of Interlingua-English Dictionary (the first dictionary of Interlingua)
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of interictal epileptiform discharge (a type of brain waves related to epilepsy)
noun:  (weaponry) Initialism of improvised explosive device. [An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerrillas, commandos or terrorists.]
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of intermittent explosive disorder. [A behavioral disorder characterized by extreme anger, sometimes uncontrollable, that is disproportionate to the situation at hand.]

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